RIFLE-SHOOTING
THE BLENHEIM CLUB, Last Saturday the Blenheim Defence Rifle -Club fired the Tollan match, over ranges of 800 and 900 yards, and the ohampionship final, over 900 yards. W. F. Cheesman was a popular winner of the match, while some -good individual scores were put up. Conditions at 800 yards being ideal, while at 900 yards some care had to be exereised. J. W. Paynter registered a 49 at 800 yards, finishing after a good fight for the possible with 4-5-5. W. Corlett also registered a 49 at 900 yards, finishing 4-5-5-5. This was a fine perfarmanee as oonditions were just the reverse to those earlier in the afternoon. Foliowing are scores: —
The . final shoot for the . Harding championship belt was also completed, W. H. West ibeing the winner. The foliowing riflemen completed the series, the final shoot appearing in parentheses: —
JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP CUP. * This cup is for eompetition among junior members of the club, with the highest aggregate of three best shoots of 10 shots over all ranges. The results are: — W. Corlett 655 W. F. Cheesman 644 E. Mathews 628 MIDFIELD AGGREGATE. ' This is for the three best shoots of 10 shots (including handicaps) over 300, 500, and "600 yards. The results are: W. H. West 419 W. F. Cheesman . . . . 416 W. Corlett 414 A. F. Paynter 413 R. Stent 409 1
A. Tombs 406 J. W. Paynter 403 E. Mathews 401 LONG RANGE AGGREGATE. For this the conditions are the same as in the Midfield Aggregate, exeept that the ranges are 800 and 900 yards. The results are: — W. F. Cheesman . . . . 280 W. H. West 275 W. Corlett 268 A. F. Paynter 267 R/L. Stent 267 E. Mathews 268 A. Tombs 249 J. W. Paynter 243
800 900 yds. yds. H. Tl. W. F. Cheesman .. 44 43 7 94 W. H. West 47 44 — 91 E. Mathews 45 38 6 89 J. W. Paynter . . . . 49 33 6 88 W. Corlett . . . . . . 41 39 4 84 A. Tombs 44 37 3 84 A. F. Paynter . . . . 47 34 3 84 R. L. Stent 45 30 5 80 R. McCa llum . . . . 35 29 11 75 H. Braddock ' . . . . 40 " 19 11 70
Aggts. Final. Ttl. W. H. West . . . . 694 (43) 737 W. Corlett . . . . 655 (49) 704 A. F. Paynter . . 666 (36) 702 A. Tombs . . . . 642 (46) 688 R. L. Stent . . . . 644 (41) 685 W. F. Cheesman . . 644 (39) 683 E. Mathews . . . . 628 (42) 670 J. W. Paynter . . . 623 (39) 662
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Marlborough Express, Volume LXVIII, Issue 150, 27 June 1934, Page 8
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409RIFLE-SHOOTING Marlborough Express, Volume LXVIII, Issue 150, 27 June 1934, Page 8
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